(MAKE_CHAR_UNIBYTE, MAKE_CHAR_MULTIBYTE): New macros.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/character.h b/src/character.h
index c2ac15bfc80..f193dcd6906 100644
--- a/src/character.h
+++ b/src/character.h
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
    that corresponds to a raw 8-bit byte.  */
 #define CHAR_BYTE8_HEAD_P(byte) ((byte) == 0xC0 || (byte) == 0xC1)
 
+/* If C is not ASCII, make it unibyte. */
+
+#define MAKE_CHAR_UNIBYTE(c)                    \
+  if (! ASCII_CHAR_P (c))                       \
+    c = multibyte_char_to_unibyte (c, Qnil);    \
+  else
+
+
+/* If C is not ASCII, make it multibyte. */
+
+#define MAKE_CHAR_MULTIBYTE(c)          \
+  if (! ASCII_CHAR_P (c))               \
+    c = unibyte_char_to_multibyte (c);  \
+  else
+
+
 /* This is the maximum byte length of multibyte form.  */
 #define MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH 5